Folding bed.



No. 764,475. PATENTED JULY 5, 1904.

D. I. KING.

FOLDING BB1).

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27, 1903.

Patented July 5, 190a.

PATENT OEEIcE.

DANIEL F. KING, OF LOUISVILLE. KENTUCKY.

FOLDING BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 764,475, dated July 5, 1904.

Application filed August 27, 1903. Serial No.1'70,897. (No model-l 1'0 alll/ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL F. KING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of J eiferson and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Folding Beds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in folding beds in which may be used ahinged box-mattress, my final objects being to secure a bed which when folded will offer to view the minimum upright surface, one in which can be used the comfortable type of mattress known as the box-mattress, and one which can be readily converted, when folded, into a settee, giving no hint of. the concealed bed. I attain these objects by the mechanism shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 2 is a perspective of the bed when open for use. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the bed with the mattress half drawn out, and Fig. 1 is a perspective of the bed closed and ready for use as a settee.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all figures.

A is the upright framework of the bed, the bottom of which extends forward, so as to form a box B.

D is a mattress (it should be a box-mattress) containing the coil-springs E and pivoted to the framework of the bed by the pins F. These I attach to the inner sides of the framework of the bed and they fit into grooves in the frame of the front half of the mattress which terminate at the pivotal points. The frame of the mattress is divided transversely into two parts, preferably halves, which are joined by the hinges G. The cotton-batting or other covering of the mattress is undivided. I have the springs very close together, so that I require them not very deep, and, furthermore, require a very slight thickness of covering, as the pressure is already very well distributed. This thin covering interferes very slightly with the folding of the mattress, which may be closed very nearly flat I prefer to use a box-mattress for mechanical reasons; but other types may be used. In Fig. 3 the box-mattress is shown. III Fig. 2 the mat:

tress shown may be of any type. The forward half of the mattress is faced with upholstery or other ornamentation, thus forming the back H of the settee. This should be fastened to the mattress by screens or in some other mode, making it easily detachable.

I is the seat of the settee, which is hinged to the framework at the forward upper edge of the box-extension or of the framework A by the hinges K and bears the arms L, terminat ing in the feet M. To the bottom of the end of the mattress, which is in the rear when it is closed, are hinged the legs N, which may be folded along the mattress.

When the bed is closed, it presents the appearance shown in Fig. 1, the settee-seat being in its proper place resting on the box part of the framework with the ornamental or upholstered side uppermost, and the upholstery or other cushioned work which forms the bottom of half the mattress being upright and facing outward, thus making the natural back of the settee. When it is desired to open the bed, the seatis swung forward, down, and outward on its hinges until it is horizontal and forms a continuation of the top of the box extension, which is part of the framework of the bed. The seat then rests on the inverted arms and the feet M thus forming an additional shelf or support. The mattress is then swung forward on its pivots until its top is clear of the top of the framework of the bed, after which it is pulled out, the grooves sliding along the pins or pivots, as shown in Fig. 3, until it is brought entirely out and into a horizontal position, resting on the box and the inverted seat. Then the mattress is undoubled and straightened out, so that the outer end rests on the legs N, and the contrivance is then ready for use as a bed. To reconvert the contrivance into a settee, the process is of course reversed, the legs being folded in alongside the mattress, the mattress doubled up and shoved into the framework and fastened in an erect position, and the seat pivoted back upon the shelf with the arms uppermost. I

Instead of the box-like extension of the framework, legs or similar means may be used to support the seat or the mattress as the position may be; but I prefer the box, as

it forms a convenient receptacle for bedclothes.

The box-mattress which I use in my contrivance is'the most comfortable type of mattress known, and consists chiefly of a set of coil-springs set in a rigid frame, usually of wood, and box-mattress is a technical term indicating this form. I therefore use that term throughout this specification. It would be feasible to draw out the mattress without the aid of the pivots and grooves and the mattress might be allowed to rest on the inverted seat and without the legs at the eX- tremity; but I find that the transformation is more readily made by using the entire mechanism as described and that the bed can be more safely used with all the supports.

As I have indicated, the box-mattress is to be preferred in my contrivance; but other styles may be used, and I do not confine my claim in that regard.

While coil-springs are illustrated and described in this case, it is manifest that the invention is not necessarily restricted to this particular form, since various other forms may be employed without departing from the essentials of the invention.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a folding bed the combination of the upright framework, a settee-seat hinged thereto, and a box-mattress adapted to stand normally in upright position thereon and removable therefrom, and having pivots at its ends on which it revolves, the framework of the mattress being divided into two parts and hinged together and having legs hinged to the inner side of the rear part of the framework and covering attached to the outer side on the front part of the framework, substantially as described.

DANIEL F. KING.

I/Vitnesses:

A. L. DEMBITZ, WILKINS G. ANDERSON. 

